Press Conference/Online

The press conference will present 12 Belarusian authors who will participate in the event. The conference will be online, not only out of pandemic concerns, but also because all partners and authors from Minsk will be connected this way. The online conference will run live on Youtube. Its online archive will be in all language mutations to make it available in Belarusian, Czech/Slovak, Hungarian, Polish and English. https://www.ced-brno.cz/en/projects/focus-belarus/

Workshops

The workshops will be conducted by both project partners individually on the Polish and Slovak side. Each workshop will be divided into two parts. The first part will focus on the presentation of the harmfulness of nitrogen compounds in food and their influence on the environment (eutrophication of water and soil pollution) as well as the impact of agricultural practices (using mineral fertilizers, inadequate crop rotation or agricultural treatments) on the content of nitrogen compounds in the agricultural products. The second part will be practical in which students will independently analyze the content of nitrates and nitrites in selected vegetables (i.e. in carrots, potatoes, lettuce and cucumber) using indicator strips and an electronic gauge. The students will have at their disposal vegetables from conventional and ecological cultivations. The first task for children will be to prepare samples for analysis, by grinding (on a grater or in a mortar) the right amount of vegetables. The sample prepared in this way will be weighted and diluted with distilled water to create a solution in which indicator strips will be immersed. After a while, the nitrates and nitrites concentration form the strips will be read. During the workshops, a table with results will be created in order to compare the content of nitrogen compounds in individual vegetables. At the end, the operation of an electronic nitrate gauge will be presented where the raw vegetable is punctured by the probe of gauge and the result is shown on the display after a few seconds. The practical part will be completed with result analysis and short discussion. An alternative solution is to conduct online workshops. Then the poster and elements of the experimental stand will be sent to schools participating in the project. Workshops in Spišská Stará Ves, Spišské Hanušovce, Matiasovce, Haligovce and Lesnica, and Prešov. https://www.itp.edu.pl/visegrad2020/eng.html

Realization Workshops Gdansk + Performance

The Gdansk Realization Workshops, are done during 1 week completely online, and built up till the performance in open air, with the audience and artists at a safe distance from one another. They follow the structure of The Hranice Production Workshops: 1. youngsters are building their wearable instruments and record/edit sounds for it, they test out the gear and make synchronized partners with each other; online workshop 2. rehearsals with the professional 441Hz choir (which is taking place in open air and at a safe distance as well) 3. set up of the choreography for audience and performers, outdoors 4. a public performance on location in the harbour, combining 1-3 The 5 artists/technicians receive each a 500€ fee for working out this piece in Gdansk. Administration and coordination of the workshops + performance receives a lump sum of 500€. Electronic and other materials are estimated at 500€. The coordination, wider promotion, and organization are part of the exhibition and vernissage and is provided by Laznia. Note: the monthly video meetings between coordinators, artists, and other participants, as well as the online documentation and streams are provided by the partners themselves. http://kra.land/?p=1609